Polymer article and its use for controlled introduction of reagent into a fluid
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1. A particulate treating material for an environment including water, the particles of the material comprising:
- (a) a body composed of a copolymer of(i) a monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acide, acrylamide, acrylonitrile and(ii) a difunctional hydrophylic comonomer, said body being water-insoluble, having a softening point above said environment, and having structural integrity, internal porosity and a particle size of at least 50 microns and less than 2 millimeters; and
(b) a water soluble reagent disposed in the pores of said body, said reagent constituting at least 5 wt % and not more than 30 wt % based on the combined weights of the body, said reagent being insoluble in the copolymer and being selected from the group consisting of scale inhibitors, corrosion inhibitors, biocides, foamers, and oxygen scavengers, and being leachale therefrom on contact with water, said body retaining its structural integrity without the reagent.
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Abstract
A solid polymeric body comprising a polymer matrix containing a water-soluble reagent leachable into a fluid containing condensed water, said matrix being reagent permeative and insoluble in said fluid containing condensed water and the said body preferably having a softening point substantially above that of the temperature of the fluid environment in which it is to be employed is useful for the introduction of an additive reagent into said fluid particularly when said fluid is located in a subterranean formation.
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1. A particulate treating material for an environment including water, the particles of the material comprising:
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(a) a body composed of a copolymer of (i) a monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acide, acrylamide, acrylonitrile and (ii) a difunctional hydrophylic comonomer, said body being water-insoluble, having a softening point above said environment, and having structural integrity, internal porosity and a particle size of at least 50 microns and less than 2 millimeters; and (b) a water soluble reagent disposed in the pores of said body, said reagent constituting at least 5 wt % and not more than 30 wt % based on the combined weights of the body, said reagent being insoluble in the copolymer and being selected from the group consisting of scale inhibitors, corrosion inhibitors, biocides, foamers, and oxygen scavengers, and being leachale therefrom on contact with water, said body retaining its structural integrity without the reagent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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